Sunday, 17 April 2016

Posted By Steve Dudley on April 17, 2016 in Uncategorized | 

Female Common Rock-thrush, Mt Ordimnos © Steve P. Dudley

NOTICES

Dirt tracks
Take care on all dirt roads. Most hire car insurance does not cover the underside of the car.

Water levels
Wetland levels are already very low in most places including Alykes Wetlands. Tsiknias River and Metochi Lake have good levels.

BIRD NEWS

Mt Ordimnos
COMMON ROCK-THRUSH female
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1
Collared Flycatcher 1
usual buntings and wheatears

Meladia Valley
Squacco Heron 1
Montagu’s Harrier fem
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2
Common Redshank 1
Wood Sandpiper 12
Ruff 3
Pallid Swift 3
Common Cuckoo 2
Bee-eater 16
Sardinian Warbler 1
Pied Flycatcher 1
Whinchat 2
Yellow Wagtail 25
Tawny Pipit 1
Red-throated Pipit 3

Sigri Old Sanotorium
Orphean Warbler 1
Pied Flycatcher 1
Whinchat 8

Sigri & Faneromeni
European Bee-eater 2
Collared Flycatcher 3
Pied Flycatcher 1
Tree Pipit 1

Tsiknias River
PENDULINE TIT 1

Kalloni Saltpans & Alykes Wetlands
Red-footed Falcon 1
CITRINE WAGTAIL 1

Mesotopos
Red-footed Falcon 1

Agriosikos
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler 1+

Lotzaria
Quail 1

Metochi Lake
Little Bittern 1

Skala Kallonis Pool
Squacco Heron 1

Agia Triada, Soumouria (Kalloni mini soccer pitch)
Scops Owl 2 (up to 7 in the week)

About Steve Dudley

Hi, I’m Steve Dudley, your guide for your Lesvos day trips, proprietor of Lesvos Birding, author of A Birdwatching Guide to Lesvos and the person behind LesvosBirding.com.